{"id":83,"date":"2017-09-01T02:53:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T02:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.wordpress.com\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-06-12T02:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:16:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/?page_id=83","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life-Fit-Learning was developed by a team of researchers from the Centre for Mental Health at Griffith University. Meet the members of our team:<\/p>\n

Professor Allison Waters<\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Professor Waters is a clinical psychologist specialising in the assessment and treatment of childhood anxiety and improving reach and access to mental health care for young people where they are in their communities.<\/p>\n

www.griffith.edu.au\/childhood-anxiety<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Lara Farrell<\/strong><\/a>\"LF\"<\/p>\n

Professor Farrell is a clinical psychologist and an expert in obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Her research involves the development and evaluation of cognitive-behavioural treatments for these disorders.<\/p>\n

OCD Busters tackles children\u2019s deepest fears<\/a><\/p>\n

Antibiotic helps make good therapy better<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Caroline Donovan\"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Donovan is a clinical psychologist and an expert in treatments for childhood anxiety (e.g., co-developer of BRAVE-ONLINE). She conducts research trials of interventions designed to reduce youth anxiety. She also conducts research on body image.<\/p>\n

Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck<\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Professor Zimmer-Gembeck is a developmental psychologist and directs the Zlab and Family Interaction Program. Her research concentrates on relationships and mental health; coping responses, resilience, and psychopathology; youth appearance-related concerns; aggression; sexuality; autonomy, typical adolescent development; and interventions.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/melaniezimmergembeck.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Teasing is no laughing matter<\/a><\/p>\n

www.sdrs.info<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Kathryn Modecki<\/strong><\/a>\"KM\"<\/p>\n

Professor Modecki is a developmental psychologist who conducts research on adolescent risk and resilience. She examines adolescents\u2019 characteristics and settings that protect or propel youth on problematic developmental pathways. She also focuses on intervention and policy in her research.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.riskyadolescentpathways.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Rachel Sluis<\/strong><\/a> \"\"<\/p>\n

Dr Sluis is a clinical psychologist, research fellow, and project coordinator of the Life-Fit-Learning Program. Her research focuses on improving the understanding and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents, along with improving access to mental health resources for young people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life-Fit-Learning was developed by a team of researchers from the Centre for Mental Health at Griffith University. Meet the members of our team: Professor Allison Waters Professor Waters is a clinical psychologist specialising in the assessment and treatment of childhood anxiety and improving reach and access to mental health care for young people where they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefitlearning.griffith.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}